FLOYD COUNTY — If you want a little high school basketball to blend in with Christmas shopping and other festivities, then Floydada and Lockney will both be providing some exciting roundball action this Thursday through Saturday (Dec. 9-11) at Whirlwind Gym and Longhorn Gym, respectively.
The Whirlwind Classic will be divided among three divisions of varsity boys, varsity girls and JV boys, which are all playing round robin formats of assigned opponents and tip-off times.
The Lockney Shootout will be two different formats of the varsity boys and varsity girls tourneys. The varsity boys will play a round robin format with assigned opponents and tip-off times. The varsity girls will play an eight-team bracket tourney.
Whirlwind Classic
Varsity Boys Division
A four-team field of Floydada, Slaton, Lubbock Kingdom Prep and Lorenzo will play a Round Robin format with assigned times.
Floydada’s games on Thursday: Kingdom Prep – 12:30 p.m., Slaton – 6:30 p.m.; Friday: Slaton JV – 8 p.m.; Saturday: Lorenzo – 2:00 p.m., Slaton – 6:30 p.m.
Varsity Girls Division
A four team field of Floydada, Lubbock Kingdom Prep, Lubbock Trinity and Lorenzo will play a round robin format with assigned times.
Floydada’s games on Thursday: Lorenzo – 2 p.m.; Friday: Kingdom Prep – 11 a.m.; Trinity – 6:30 p.m.; Saturday: Lorenzo – 12:30 p.m.
JV Boys Division
A three-team field of Floydada, Lubbock Kingdom Prep, and Friona will play a round robin format.
Floydada JV boys games on Thursday: Kingdom Prep – 9:30 a.m.; Friona – 5 p.m.
Lockney Shootout
Varsity Boys Division
A six-team field of Lockney, Patton Springs, Post, PCHEA (home school), Cotton Center and Petersburg will play a Round Robin format of assigned times.
Lockney’s games on Thursday: Patton Springs – 4:30 p.m.; Friday: Petersburg – 6 p.m.; Saturday: Post – 4:30 p.m.
Varsity Girls Division
An eight-team field of Lockney, Cotton Center, Patton Springs, PCHEA (home school), Tahoka, Petersburg, Sands JV and Plainview Christian Academy will play a bracket tournament.
Lockney’s first game: Thurs vs. Cotton Center – 6 p.m.
Season records going into tourneys:
Floydada Whirlwinds – 7-0
Lockney Longhorns – 5-3
Floydada Lady Winds – 7-5
Lockney Lady Horns – 12-4
